Oke vs Ake - What's the difference?
oke | ake |
(historical, or, obsolete) A Turkish, Egyptian, Hungarian and Wallachian unit of weight, equal to about 2 & 3/4 lbs.
(South Africa, slang) man; guy; bloke
* 1998 , Leon Schuster, Leon Schuster's Lekker, Thick South African Joke Book (page 106)
* 2005 , Al Lovejoy, Acid Alex
* ... for let our finger ake , / And it endues our other heathfull members —
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As a noun oke
is (historical|or|obsolete) a turkish, egyptian, hungarian and wallachian unit of weight, equal to about 2 & 3/4 lbs or oke can be (south africa|slang) man; guy; bloke.As a proper noun ake is
a nigerian language.oke
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) okka,"oke." *OED 2nd edition. 1989. (online)"oka."Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1).'' Random House, Inc. 2009. from (etyl) , from (etyl) ''uncia .
Noun
(en noun)References
Etymology 2
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- An oke meets up with his ex-wife at a party. After a few dops, he puts his arm around her and suggests they go to bed. 'Over my dead body,' she snarls at him. He downs his drink and says, 'I see you haven't changed.'
- I had initiated an African ritual by giving the pipe to him. And you can never stay befuck with an oke you smoke nchangu with.
Anagrams
* ----ake
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(en-verb)Othello(Quarto 1), Shakespeare, 1622
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